Vocabulary: 译后记:文学奇书的“命运启示录”
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- 当时x1 | Chapter Rank #256then; at that timeimmediately; right then
- 奖项x1 | Chapter Rank #257award; prize; CL:項|项[xiang4]
- 现在x1 | Chapter Rank #258now; at present; currently
- 畅销书x1 | Chapter Rank #259best-seller; best-selling book; blockbuster
- 榜单x1 | Chapter Rank #260list of successful applicants for college admission; list of people or entities ranked highest according to some metric
- 上x4 | Chapter Rank #62(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; aboveused in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
- 出现x1 | Chapter Rank #261to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up
- 年x1 | Chapter Rank #262year; CL:個|个[ge4]surname Niangrain; harvest (old)
- 去世x1 | Chapter Rank #263to pass away; to die
- 之时x1 | Chapter Rank #264
- 作品x6 | Chapter Rank #39work (of art); opus; CL:部[bu4],篇[pian1]
- 被x4 | Chapter Rank #63quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- 贬低x1 | Chapter Rank #265to belittle; to disparage; to play down; to demean; to degrade; to devalue
- 为x7 | Chapter Rank #33as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)because of; for; to
- 青少年x1 | Chapter Rank #266adolescent; youth; teenager
- 冒险x2 | Chapter Rank #138to take risks; to take chances; foray; adventure
- 故事x4 | Chapter Rank #64old practicenarrative; story; tale
- 作为x3 | Chapter Rank #86one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be
- 一x16 | Chapter Rank #9one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 个x6 | Chapter Rank #40used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5](classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
- 和x24 | Chapter Rank #4(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japanesesurname Heto compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with othersto complete a set in mahjong or playing cardsto combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
- 人x9 | Chapter Rank #24person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 几乎x3 | Chapter Rank #87almost; nearly; practically
- 都x11 | Chapter Rank #17all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at allsurname Ducapital city; metropolis
- 世界x1 | Chapter Rank #267world
- 遗忘x1 | Chapter Rank #268to forget; to cease to think about (sb or sth) anymore
- 了x17 | Chapter Rank #7to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)(of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- 文学史x1 | Chapter Rank #269history of literature
- 沉浮x1 | Chapter Rank #270lit. sinking and floating; to bob up and down on water; ebb and flow; fig. rise and fall; ups and downs of fortune; vicissitudes
- 本x1 | Chapter Rank #271(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc); (bound form) original; (bound form) inherent; originally; initially; capital; principal; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
- 就是x2 | Chapter Rank #139exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- 一件x2 | Chapter Rank #140
- 奇妙x1 | Chapter Rank #272wonderful; marvelous; intriguing; mysterious; strange
- 又x2 | Chapter Rank #141(once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- 正常x1 | Chapter Rank #273normal; regular
- 事情x1 | Chapter Rank #274affair; matter; thing; business; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- 伟大x4 | Chapter Rank #65huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc)
- 诗人x1 | Chapter Rank #275bard; poet
- 不x7 | Chapter Rank #34no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 同时代x1 | Chapter Rank #276contemporary
- 所x2 | Chapter Rank #142actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 欣赏x2 | Chapter Rank #143to appreciate; to enjoy; to admire
- 例子x1 | Chapter Rank #277case; (for) instance; example; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 还有x1 | Chapter Rank #278there still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition
- 很多x1 | Chapter Rank #279
- 比如x2 | Chapter Rank #144see 比如縣|比如县[Bi3 ru2 Xian4]for example; for instance; such as
- 艾米丽x1 | Chapter Rank #280
- 迪金森x1 | Chapter Rank #281
- 惠特曼x1 | Chapter Rank #282Whitman (surname); Walt Whitman (1819–1892), American poet and journalist
- 梭罗x1 | Chapter Rank #283